flying in Germany - any advice
One thing I would strongly recommend is talking to the appropriate flight information service. Whilst the airspace is not complicated there are an amazing number of airports with jets flying in and out. Having personally had numerous resolution advisories with light aircraft whilst following instrument approaches in my 737 I can speak with some experience. The light aircraft can be completely legal but at serious risk of being run down by a jet. If you are not familiar then atc will steer you around giving warnings of potential conflicts. They provide an excellent service.
For those interested in German R/T, a nice sketch with some basic circuit calls has surfaced in Querabflug im Funk? - Allgemeines & Aktuelles - Ultraleicht Forum - ulForum.de
Le Touquet and Calais seem obvious to me. Also, Troyes Barberey has been recommended on these pages.
Or, if France is not an absolute requirement, you could consider Ostend and Kortrijk in Belgium.
Or, if France is not an absolute requirement, you could consider Ostend and Kortrijk in Belgium.
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I think you have the advice you need and I agree that having done a lot of flying in germany is very stress free. My only bit of advice is to call ahead and be sure you know about any restrictions on the airfield. Some places close for 2 hours or so at lunchtime (a noise thing) and some are only open one day. I got cought myself last week. We landed at EDQH on a saturday and where asked for our noise certificate. The Sportcruiser does not have a NC and they where fine but the next day we where refused landing there as you have to have a NC to land on a Sunday. I will ask the question next time. Every cloud has a silver lining though, we had a great Italian on the saturday at EDQH and diverted to EDFO on the Sunday and found a delightfull airfield on a hillside with great views and a wonderfull resturant. I will do a trip there again (you do need 100 hrs to land at EDFO) and uphill I would not want to be in a tired aircraft close to MTOW. I have all the airfield plates for Germany and most of the maps if you need to borrow anything.
Pete
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Pete
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